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Friday scent of the day 4/7

Posted by Robin on 7 April 2023 150 Comments

Happy Friday and happy National No Housework Day! It’s also the 75th World Health Day (the theme for 2023: “health for all”). Our community project for today: for Billie Holiday’s birthday, wear gardenia, or wear one of her favorite perfumes (Coty Emeraude and Bourjois Evening in Paris) or wear a fragrance inspired by her (Serge Lutens Une Voix Noire, Maria Candida Gentile Lady Day, Strange Invisible Perfumes Lady Day, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Don’t Explain, to name a few).

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

Points for me in Maria Candida Gentile Lady Day…

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Hei Poa Monoi from Tahiti

Posted by Robin on 6 June 2020 2 Comments

From Hei Poa, a video showing the process of making monoï.

Friday scent of the day 12/7

Posted by Robin on 7 December 2018 349 Comments

Friday is finally here! Our community project for today: pick your poison BWF…wear a perfume with tuberose, gardenia or both.

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I’m in Tauerville Tuberose Flash…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 3 December 2018 7 Comments

I could keep this alive as long as cut flowers, right? Brussel's Bonsai 8-inch White Gardenia in Clay Pot: "Your small 4 year old bonsai will arrive at 6-inch to 8-inch tall in a 6-inch container and will perform best outdoors." $35 at Lowes. Harry & David has a nicer looking one (in the image, anyway) for $69.99, or there are two sizes at Bonsai Boy ($49.99 - $69.95).

Amouage Figment Woman ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 16 October 2017 27 Comments

Amouage Figment Woman brand image

Could 2017 be the year of the deconstructed tuberose? With Twilly d’Hermès, Naomi Goodsir Nuit de Bakélite, and, now, Amouage Figment Woman, I wonder.1

Perfumers Dorothée Piot and Karine Vinchon-Spehner developed Figment Woman. Its notes include Sichuan pepper, saffron, gardenia, tuberose, jasmine sambac, orange blossom, lisylang (a fractionated ylang ylang), cassia, orris, papyrus, patchouli and incense. Here’s Kevin’s review of this one’s partner, Amouage Figment Man…

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